So yesterday the first round of the presidential election took place in our country (2 rounds in total, next one on 8 Dec). Everyone was expecting something but no one expected what ended up happening: an independent candidate who was virtually unknown as recent as 2 weeks ago, Călin Georgescu, won 1st place. For reference: it’s as if an unknown third party candidate won the US presidential election against Kamala and Trump. Călin beat even Marcel Ciolacu, current prime minister and part of PSD, the party which has dominated Romania since the fall of communist (1989).
We have parliamentary elections on 1 Dec and the far right AUR will always probably win. So it’s either a complete right government or a centrist president with a far right parliament.
Let’s hope the 2000 scenario Vadim vs Iliescu repeats. If not, we’re fucked.